Re: Skagen SKW6017 Mineral Crystal Scratches?

This is the watch, for anyone who hasn't memorized Skagen product codes
It would be kind of random if anyone here had this exact watch. But, if you're worried about scratching, you should try to find something with a sapphire crystal. I personally have another Skagen and several Seikos with mineral crystal, and I've never scratched any of them. If you find that you often scratch watch crystals, though, then a Skagen is unlikely to be any tougher than the watches you're used to.

Re: Skagen SKW6017 Mineral Crystal Scratches?

Originally Posted by Likestheshiny

This is the watch, for anyone who hasn't memorized Skagen product codes
It would be kind of random if anyone here had this exact watch. But, if you're worried about scratching, you should try to find something with a sapphire crystal. I personally have another Skagen and several Seikos with mineral crystal, and I've never scratched any of them. If you find that you often scratch watch crystals, though, then a Skagen is unlikely to be any tougher than the watches you're used to.

Re: Skagen SKW6017 Mineral Crystal Scratches?

Originally Posted by paulopiper

How careful you are with them is probably more important than time...you'll want to be avoiding knocking into walls and door frames...

I got a gshock gw-m5610-1 and i find myself bumping into door frames pretty often.... i will try to wear my skagen only to formal events... If they made a sapphire one for $50 more, I would pay that.. maybe even $100 more...

Re: Skagen SKW6017 Mineral Crystal Scratches?

I got a gshock gw-m5610-1 and i find myself bumping into door frames pretty often.... i will try to wear my skagen only to formal events... If they made a sapphire one for $50 more, I would pay that.. maybe even $100 more...

I've had my watches for years, but because I have several watches they've probably got about four total months of wear each. But, still, no scratches on any of them, so it's certainly possible to wear a mineral watch without scratching it.

So, if you'd pay up to $100 more, that means your budget is actually $200-ish? I'm not sure it's possible to get sapphire in that range, at least on a similar watch. It might be worth poking around Amazon or the usual grey-market sites to see if you can find anything, though.

Oh, actually, for $270 (presumably well over your budget, though), Jomashop has a quartz Movado Museum watch. That's a good price, I think, and the watch has a similar look, a better brand name, and a sapphire crystal. But still, a Skagen will be slim, attractive, and reasonably well-made, and much cheaper, so unless you're really prone to scratching crystals you'd probably be fine with it.

Re: Skagen SKW6017 Mineral Crystal Scratches?

Re: Skagen SKW6017 Mineral Crystal Scratches?

The problem you will have with mineral crystal is, you can look after it very well but all it takes is one good knock and it can cause a bad scratch.

Originally Posted by Rostislav Persion

I got a gshock gw-m5610-1 and i find myself bumping into door frames pretty often.... i will try to wear my skagen only to formal events... If they made a sapphire one for $50 more, I would pay that.. maybe even $100 more...

If you are fond of the Danish design of Skagen watches, but long for a sapphire crystal, I suggest you checkout Bering (if you haven't heard of them already.) A similarly designed Danish watch but all of their models are fitted with sapphire crystal! :)